UPDATED: Giants lineup for Sunday, plus Wilson looks ready

UPDATE: Brian Wilson finished his simulated inning with no alarms. He threw almost 30 pitches and Mike Fontenot, one of the batters, said it looked like “fire was coming out of his nose.”

“Really?” Wilson said. “I’ll have to do something about that.”

Giants Manager Bruce Bochy will wait to see how Wilson feels tomorrow before deciding if one more simulated session is in order. Wilson will do as told, but when asked if he could be ready to be activated Wednesday at San Diego, he said, “Could be? WILL be.”

The Giants will have to subtract a reliever to make room for Wilson, but Bochy said roster issues won’t impact the decision. “We wouldn’t do that with our closer,” Bochy said. “When he’s ready, we’ll activate him.”

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There will be more on Wilson in the notebook I’m filing for the newspaper.

Andrew Baggarly

Andrew Baggarly has witnessed and documented the most eventful era in San Francisco Giants baseball history, having covered the team since 2004 for th​ree major media outlets including the San Jose Mercury News and the Oakland Tribune​. This will be his 20th season as a baseball writer.
​Baggarly is the author of the bestselling book, A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants. A second title, Giant Splash, is due to be published by Triumph Books in April 2015.
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and can someone please stream the radio broadcast? i cannot stand the new espn team

ClutchUp

Help someone tell Greg Papa….to answer one question without going on and on and on forever ala Ralph Barbieri….on the KNBR radio show on now……..

Earth to Papa: You’re also to ampped up on Chronicle Live….down boy!

Nate’sFanMom

I’ve learned my lesson. Whatever Bochy says, I’m good with it.

FormerlyReadytoHangMyself

I won’t question Botch for a while now.

http://www.andresthegiant.com boogbite

@Nate’sFanMom, amen to that. Bochy is a master at lineup wizardry.

What the hell is going on around here?

gigabet

hey guys.

glad that the spamming is finally being deleted

who thinks tejada has a chance to repeat 2002?

I see some potential

He never strikes out!

BEAR

@12, Tejada has replaced striking out with hitting into double plays.

FormerlyReadytoHangMyself

Well, I’m not sold on tejada by any means, but we’ll see how it goes.

ClutchUp

Dear Bear….

Miggy also had a quality AB by “hitting the ball to the right side” last night when the Dodgers were giving us a run by playing back…

What say you?

Boof

0.2% chance of Tejada repeating 2002.

Ben

Love the lineup tonight. Good to see left-right-left-right action all the way through.

gigabet

You guys will all remember me around the all star break when Tejada is hitting .330 with 20 homeruns and roughly 15 strikeouts

killblue

Barry Zito left a bad taste in my mouth the way he ended the year last year against the padres. Redemption?

Mike Souza

I almost wet my pants when someone said Brian Sabean was an idiot for not bringing Renteria back this season on this blog the other day. HaHaHa. 99% of Edgar’s time as a GIANT he was hurt or horrible! And although I will always be grateful he got hot for a couple weeks in October & helped win the G-Men a World Series title I also would much rather have Tejada over Renteria for one year. Hopefully all goes well & B. Crawford earns the job in 2012. And hopefully Pablo Sandoval shuts up most of you people who say that he is this & that he is that. Can you people please give him at least a week or two to find his groove before you bash & insult him as if it’s 2010 all over again? His outs will be ugly most of the time & that was even the case in 2009 when he was a stud! Lets’s go & get a series split….HUMM BABY, GO GIANTS!!!!!

Boof

Bobby Valentine talking about “infecting the oblique”. Um, okay.

gigabet

after the top of the first innning, giants are scoreless. why? simple. because tejada hasnt hit yet

Masaoka Shiki

called third strike–
the slow roll of the ball
back to the mound

–Jim Kacian

Boof

*facepalm* @ Huff dive.

killblue

Boom. And there goes the dynamite.

http://www.andresthegiant.com boogbite

I love Huff as much as anyone, but I am increasingly less confident in his ability to play RF. Ouch.

Boof

WHEN PANDA’S ATTACK! Great swing.

Assy McGee

Nice to see Zito in midseason form!

Poopoosah

I have no doubt now that Zito will be the Cy Young winner this year

gigabet

tejada lined out…bad luck

Boof

3 solid innings in a row from Mike Zito! NEW ‘STACHE. NEW ‘TUDE. NEW RULES. (Same 84 mph fastball though. We’ll see how long this lasts.)

Feliz Navidad

Powder the unicorn is about to DOMINATE!

Feliz Navidad

Powder sez: Come to my Posey!

Boof

Mike Zito fights hard to get out of the jam! Nice!

Boof

PAT THE BAT! Putting a hurt on the ball.

Boof

Tejada with a double! Good call gigabet.

gigabet

MVP I TOLD YA

Come In My Posey

Huff’s defense might cost us this one.

Glad to see Zeets throw a good game.

killblue

RUNSler….

Congratulations. You just earned yourself a ticket back to AAA. And Fontenot should never be in an RBI situation when DeRosa is avaliable.

Boof

He grooved that 0-2 fastball to Furcal.

GiantsFanFromNY

“water buffalo” outfield not so funny anymore

Come In My Posey

When Ross comes back, do you platoon the buffalos in left?

GiantsFanFromNY

#40 I don’t think it will be much of a platoon. Pat the bat is gonna lose a lot of playing time. But the defense will certainly be better. Huff will be better in left than right, and Torres and Ross are both excellent defensively.

badkitty

Glad that inning finally is over…now Huff drops one in short left. Posey is so composed at bat…he’s awesome. Go Giants!

Come In My Posey

Ummm… Pat vs lefties, Huff vs righties, regardless of at bats, that is the very definition of a platoon.

Some Guy

Is it weird that I’m bummed that belt walked with the bases loaded?

Boof

Tejada swings at a low and away first pitch, pops up to 1st to end the rally. Boo.

gigabet

TEJADA=MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some Guy

Ughhhhh I guess not.

Cmon tejada, he’s having trouble throwing strikes and u hack at the first pitch? At ur ankles?!

Come In My Posey

I love Mota… But the one on the mound needs to be DFA. Not sure why he’s on the roster.

The only reason is because he has closed a few games out, but we’re talking years ago.

Boof

^ “I love Mota…” I see what you did there.

fumblin’ frank

Miggy was a great signing!

Signed
Billy Beane

Obrother

I love Huff but think Nate or Rowand would
Be better in right field. Tough call but right
Field is tough. I guess Cody is missed.

Boof

Yeah, but their bats are godawful.

Stewie

Good one CIMP…..Funny! I don’t know about anyone else around here, but I can’t wait to get the hell on out of this crap town L.A.

Boof

Bobby Valentine is horrible, but at least they ragged on Broxton’s weight for 5 minutes. I lol’d.

Back to Reality

AARRGH!!! I HATE FIRST PITCH OUTS!!

Boof

Okay, I take back my comment about Rowand’s bat. Great HR!

The Wisdom Cow

I learned something tonight. I knew right field was generally considered harder to play than left. I knew a switch from left to right could be difficult. I had no idea it could make Huff look that bad. Watching the replays, I realized he did not do thing much different from what he did in left least year, only left (especially at AT&T) gave him a slightly easier time, just enough to keep him looking pretty good.

Pat has had pop, but Nate might be needed in right, moving Huff to left, until Ross comes back.

Tejada could not have picked a worse time to go fishing on the first pitch (which happens), with a rook patiently walking in a run right before him. Not bashing him, just noting the PR nightmare.

Rowand just hit a HR. Nate may not have a chance. Rowand has already had a couple big moments, probably enough to keep his job, but not enough to make a different team want him, at least not yet.

Obrother

Thanks Boof.

The Wisdom Cow

If the cost of a World Series championship is more games with the NEW ESPN crew, it may not have been worth it. I thought I has an aneurysm popping for a while, but it was just my ears bleeding.

gigabet

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANOTHER SF VICTORY!!!

Boof

Losing 3 of 4 from the Dodgers sucks. Argh. Defense will be a bigger issue with Zito than with other Giants starters who strike more batters out. It’s alright. We’ll bounce back.

Planet Orange

Rough game, rough series. 158 games left. No need to panic especially since Huff hardly played the outfield in Spring Training.
Unfortunately looks like Rowand is making it even harder for the Giants to eat his contract.

Does anyone else have absolutely no confidence in Posey in clutch situations?

Boof

Supposedly Posey is battling a virus or something. He’s been off this series, but I don’t doubt Posey in “the clutch” at all. He’s just too good.

Shawn

What is it with this team and first pitch swinging?? Belt I kinda understand, but he was praised for his patience, and drawing a walk to load the bases is gratifying, although Tejada is way too impatient. Not sure that was a good signing yet. It’s really upsetting to see this team make all the same mistakes as last year, and a few others. Why was Burrell left in after he hit the home run. I was expecting Schierholtz to be put in right with Huff moving to left. Yeah, it was a tie game, but late inning defensive replacement, as well as right field experience would’ve done wonders there. Ah well, off to a slow start….maybe they’ll pick it up soon.

Scout Finch

Posey is not dialed at all. He’ll get there. It’s a testament to his ability that he has a hit in each game.

Nice walk by Belt in the 8th. Even when he doesn’t get hits, he will get walks. You can’t teach that skill. Take Tejada, hacking at the first pitch he sees, shin-high fastball. That’s called getting Miggy with it.

Rowand, wow! Fighting for his life out there. Could he possibly generate some trade value ? Or are we looking at godspeed Nate Schierholtz ?

Boof

Tejada’s one pitch at bat killed me. Not literally. Obviously. Or else I wouldn’t be able to type this. But you get the point.

chikentorta

i have faith in posey in the clutch and obviously belt as well. it’s the veterans that boggle my mind. their approach at the plate is hair raising. tejada should be running laps right now. 1-9 with RISP and three solo homers.defense and bullpen give away three games to the dodgers. sounds a lot like last year. i thought the depth on this team would be a a big difference this year, but it looks like the ross and wilson injuries have hurt the team more than we thought they would

badkitty

Freddie Sanchez is solid; love it when’s he locked in! Ohhh, the ESPN guys are weak…their banter is so immature. YOUR FIRED!

uncle joe mccarthy

tell ya one thing

they keep playing like this, and that showtime series wont last very long

there is no way in hell that huff can be sent out to rf again

and i really hope baggs gets a chance to talk to bochy about why nate wasnt sent out to play in right in the 7th….and i hope he can ask miggs why he was up there swinging against a pitcher who had absolutely no control

giants outhomered the bums…6-1 in this series

so much for the importance of the dinger

LVsummer

Pathetic! Really – clueless play for the majority of the four games in Assult Ravine…

Where do I start?

Huff – very funny w/ the tape – roaming RF??? Wait ’til he’s home w/ the wall and a valley in RF/CF.

Tajeda??? Sacks loaded – pitcher can’t throw a strike and he swings @ the first pitch that would have snapped the neck off of Bill Murray’s gopher???

Zito!! Not bad after getting T-Boned up on Sunset. Team let you down tonight.

Belt! Wow! Rook is cool – Shades of Ted Williams. More impressive considering that next batter MT flails away into an inning out.

2011 prediction? 85 wins – Dodgers/Rocks take it. WC is from the East and G-men watch the playoffs on the couch.

Dang – hope I’m wrong….

Pull it together for the brief SD set!

LVsummer

How could I forget??

Sanchez (Freddie) great series!

chikentorta

torres has got to generate more in the leadoff spot as well. madison, timmy and dirty sanchez in sd. i see a sweep coming. tough homestand after the padres series, the bullpen and defense have got to pull their heads out soon. i know it’s a long season, but every game does count in the standings and you can’t just give games away. ross, here’s to a speedy recovery or huff’s gonna go from wearing a thong to an ace bandage really quick. he can’t take the pounding he’s giving himself in right field. the giatst would count themselves lucky to get a couple of prospects and eat $11 mil a year for a rowand trade

LVsummer

Wonder if Johnny Lemaster can still play SS – Jose Uribe? Sorry, RIP Jose… bet you could still go deep in the hole and make the play…

Hal Lanier available?

Trade w/ the Reds and get Chris???

okay…’nuff MT bashing for one series… you get my point.

LVsummer

@chikentorta

Think it’s only a two game series – MadBum and Big Time Timmy Jim going…

Richard

If Runzler does his job we win that game…

Boof

Tejada was brutal this series. I say someone give him some *ahem* B-12 injections. I remember watching the guy play at the Coliseum when he was with the A’s too; just a dynamic player at the time. Now… not so much.

LVsummer

Right now, don’t know if we need to eat any contracts –

AR = 12M
AH = 11M

Who has been the better hitter this brief, short, thin slice of a season?

Just sayin’….

chikentorta

LVsummer, i hope you’re wrong. the dodgers have a very weak offense and a shady bullpen. their starting pitching is excellent. rockies have ok starting pitching and a weak bullpen. the giants would pretty much have to play like they did in this series to give away the division. our bullpen looks weak right now, but everyone should be in place once wilson gets back. is there a hitting coach anywhere in the world that could teach the veterans some plate discipline? the youngsters look poised and the old guys don’t seem to work a count passed three pitches. padres going down. orlando hudson batting third. pleeeeease.

Obrother

Nate would have made those plays, Rowns too. I just don’t think huff is a right fielder.
Baseball is a hot and col game for hitters and just
Maybe rowand will get hot and I think he
Should give him a chance. He looked great
at his only bat against Broxton. Interesting
cause we also need Huff and Pats swinging
a mean bat. Torres is an outstanding center
fielder. PLATOON.

Fred

did you notice they played Journey’s “Lights go down in the city” after the final out – were they the team that also plays that song or are they ramming up the Giants’ @$$??? i think this rivalry is heatin up fast…

Fred

another thing, maybe Belt has to play corner OF and Huff plays 1B….

chikentorta

your right summer, two games in sd. if huff makes that catch they probably don’t score that inning. a flare to start it and then a can of corn to the track and huff does his best pre-bobbing for apples imitation. huff cannot go back to right and that hurts because you lose burrell for schierholtz. nate just can’t hit and that hurts. great pinch runner and defensive replacement and that’s about it

Obrother

I agree with FRED

Planet Orange

Posey really wasn’t too clutch last year. I don’t have all the stats to back this up I’m just going off what I remember.

Big HR in Game 162: Came in the 8th inning with the Giants up by 2.
NLDS Game 2: runners on first in third in extra innings, grounds into a DP
NLDS Game 3: hits a ball through the legs of Brooks Conrad (bailed out) with 2 outs to give the Giants the lead.
NLCS Game 4: Huge game, 4-5 clutch hit in the 9th off madson to set up 1st and 3rd for Uribe (one exception)
World Series: Only HR comes with the Giants up 3-0 already, never really had any clutch situations to come up in though.
Tonight: runner in scoring postion, 2-0 count, weak ground out to the short stop.

By no means am I saying he isn’t good. I just don’t have faith in him in situations where the Giants NEED him. (later innings, close game).

Planet Orange

Follow Up: Something tells me I’m going to get stats thrown at me like crazy, which I would appreciate because like I said, I’m only going off on what I can remember.

uncle joe mccarthy

hey guys…pat is 2 for 19

both hits…dingers

both solo

its not that great a loss right now

nate must play

unless they really think that torres can cover right, and that rowand can actually hit…and not just sliders that are up from a fat man pretending to be a closer

Fred

@ uncle joe – “nate must play” – he’s nice on defense but i think you’re one of the very few who wants to see nate play at this point…he looked totally lost in his 3-pitch K in his first AB and his 2nd wasn’t much better….and he’s coming off a .242 season and since 2008 his batting average, slugging % and OPS have dropped each of the last 3 years….i think the league knows how to attack him at this point….i hope i’m wrong but not holding my breath…

al oha

The Giants should finish all close games with their best DEFENSE on the field. That would be 2-Posey, 3-Belt, 4-Sanchez, 5-DeRosa, 6-Crawford, 7-Rowand, 8-Torres, and 9-Nate. They owe it to their Pitching Staff to put the best Defensive 9 on the field.

Any player giving up more runs defensively than they are contributing to runs offensively, should be traded asap.

Players playing because of their bat only, can start but should be replaced by the 7th inning. DeRosa, if healthy, should get at least one at bat in every game. He is one of the handful of players on the roster who can hit and play defense. He didn’t get in this game today? Why?

Nate is more likely to get a hit and do something positive on the bases, than Burrell and Huff are to play good defense in the outfield.

Pablo should learn something from a 22-year old rookie. Brandon Belt doesn’t often swing at balls, he makes the pitcher throw him strikes. Pablo needs to return to the great hitter he is by making pitchers throw strikes. I thought Barry told him about plate discipline.

Monterey

Everyone is zeroing on Huff, but it was Runzler who gave up the runs.

I’m just gonna chalk this up to a couple of bad games for the defense. They will tighten it up. I’m not worried.

Fred

agree with Planet Orange – Posey hasn’t been terribly clutch so far iirc….he had that streak on the road last July or August where he was mashing HR’s every day and driving in gobs of runs but aside that i can’t say i’m thrilled to have him up there in a big situation but he’s young and we should have a better cleanup hitter so he doesn’t get all that pressure at his young age….we don’t really have anyone that would be better in the clutch tho unless Pablo reverts to 2009 form…they won last year by the Red Ant Attack method per Marty Lurie’s description…

Scout Finch

have faith.

Giants will likely get to .500 on the road trip in San Diego. Then it’s home.
Worst case scenario, the Giants finish April around .500. This is a good team, I think it will take a little time to hit their stride. The Giants will make their hay in August and September and win 92-100.

Did not see Zito. How was his fastball ? The way he settled in was an excellent sign. Pablo going deep, another good sign.

Nate’sFanMom

Poor Huff. That was a terrible game for him. He needs to move to LF, period. Burrell can hit his HR’s as a pitch hitter. He was never a defensive wiz anyway–especially now.

I’m embarrassed for Tejada. After watching the Dodger pitcher (whatever his name was) walk back to back hitters, couldn’t he at least look at one pitch?

uncle joe mccarthy

Scout

zito was throwing bp fastballs…against a good team…he gets crushed

especially since his curves and changeups didnt look all that sharp

but the dodgers made outs for him, by chasing balls out of the k zone

uncle joe mccarthy

Fred

i watched rowand k on 2 sliders in the dirt yesterday

i watched pablo k on fast balls thrown at his head today

who cares if huff can hit…when his glove allowed 3-4 runs to score?

defense and pitching wins games…end of fucking story

nate is not a good pinch hitter…never has been

the giants dfa’d their best left handed ph

3rdKing

HUGE PROBLEM!!!

AUBREY HUFF IS NOT AN OUTFIELDER

BUT WE PAID HIM A FORTUNE

WHERE IS HE GONNA PLAY?

UH OH

livefree

Giants may have not recognized how fortunate they were last year. Yes, they “got away” with playing Burrell and Huff in the outfield together. Talk about regression to the mean ….

Fred

too much panic on here for just 4 games.

“Runzler should close” to “now he’s gotta be sent down”….”Rowand sucks” to “Rowand needs to start” and on and on….”Mota and Casilla need to be cut”(after just one appearance, lol)…

LVsummer

@Scout Finch – according to ESPN, Zito was hitting 84 on his fb. Yeah….really. He didn’t do that bad at all. Some D and Doggers wouldn’t have scored 7.

Profs to Huff – love this guy! He’s a DH/1B – can survive LF and gets tossed into RF with a few days notice. Two of the four games are 5pm starts – anyone here ever played RF @ Assult Ravine for a 5pm start? VERY tough field – sun right in your eyes. Huff’s not a RF in this situation and he doesn’t bitch or complain – just gives it 110%. Can’t slam him for that. I’m worried for him when we get to the bigger outfields – or home. It might not be too pretty.

Good call to above poster – many of the veterans pitch/plate discipline is sad. No discipline – just hack away. Shades of Manny Sanguillen (sp?) Or Pablo2010.

Crazy thing is… G-men could have taken all four games with some D and better plate approach. I’d be all over my 12 yo’s team if they swung like some of our “pros.”

MadBum Tuesday – shut down the Pads!

LVsummer

@Fred

Don’t know about panic – pitching was actually quite good this series. Really. My take is the D and plate approach cost us.

And it was nice to see Rowand get some hits! Might increase his trade value??